Skirt-hanger.



No. 784,174. 19.7312177213 MAR. 7, 1905. F. H. PARKHURST.

SKIRT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26. 1904.

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body of the skirt, as shown at the right in Fig. 2, this operationreducing' the width of the skirt to the width of the skirt-hanger or thelength of the folding bar 5. The device is then turned into the positionshown in Fig. l, so that the skirt is folded over and hangs upon the end5 of the skirt-hanger and at the same time the clamping-bar 8 broughtinto its operative position and there secured by the retaining-strap 12,as shown in Fig. l, said bar clamping the body of the skirt against thefolding edge 5 and firmly holding the folded-in edges l5 of the skirt inposition. The device, with the skirt supported thereby, is thensuspended by means of the hook 14.

The clam ping-bar 8 serves not only to hold the skirt from slipping offfrom the folding edge 5, but it also serves to hold the longitudinalfolds of the skirt in their adjusted position, and thereby prevents theskirt from being wrinkled or creased.

It will be seen that when a skirt is supported on my improved device thelength of the space it occupies is only about one-half the length of theskirt, and the fullness of the skirt is taken care of in such a way thatit will not crease or wrinkle.

IVliile'I prefer to make my improved skirthanger with a frame-like orskeleton construction, since such a construction is very light 'and yetsuficiently strong, I do not wish to be limited thereto, as the body ofthe skirtsupporter might be made in any suitable way without departing'from the invention.

It is not absolutely essential to the invention that the hooks 6 ortheir equivalents be used on the ends 4 of the device, as after theskirt has been folded over the folding edge 5 and there clamped theskirt will be held in `position without the hooks 6. I prefer to usethese, however, as they -assist materially in getting the skirt properlyplaced on the device.

The particular form of clamping means herein illustrated is notessential to the invention, but is that which I prefer, owing to itssimplicity and effectiveness. It will be obviou's, therefore, that verymany changes in the construction of the parts may be made without in anyway departing from the invention. I regard it as new to provide askirtsupporter so constructed that the skirt is folded transversely overthe folding edge of the device and clamped to said edge, and thereforedesire to claim this feature broadly.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. A skirt-hanger having at one edge means to attach a skirt-waistbandthereto, the opposite edge being constructed to have the skirt foldedthereover, and means to clamp the skirt' to the edge over which it isfolded.

2. A skirt-hanger having a folding edge over which the skirt is folded,and a clamp to hold the fold of the'skirt against said edge.

3. A skirt-hanger comprising' a frame having skirt-waistband-attachingmeans at one edge, the opposite edge constituting a folding edge overwhich the skirt is folded, and means to clamp the skirt against saidedge.

4. A skirt-hanger having at one edge means to attach the skirt-waistbandthereto, the opposite edge constituting a folding edge over which theskirt is folded, means to clamp the skirt against said edge, and meansto suspend the skirt-hanger with the folding edge uppermost.

5. A skirt-hanger comprising agframe having on one sideskirtwaistband-attaching' means, the opposite side constituting afolding edge, and a clamping-bar cooperating with said folding edge toclamp the skirt in place.

6. A skirt-hanger comprising a frame having on one sideskirtwaistband-attaching means, the opposite side constituting a foldingedge,a clamping-bar cooperating with said folding' edge to clamp theskirt in place, and means to suspend the skirt-hanger with the foldingedge uppermost.

7. A skirt-hanger comprising a frame provided with side bars and endbars, one of said end bars having means to attach a skirt-waistbandthereto, and the other end bar constituting a folding barover which theskirt is folded, and means to clamp the folded skirt to said foldinglbar.

8. A skirt-hanger comprising a frame provided with side bars and endbars, one of said end bars having means to attach a skirt-waistbandthereto, and the other end bar constitilting a folding' bar over whichthe skirt is folded, and a pivoted clamping-bar coperating with thefolding bar to hold the skirt in place.

9. A skirt-hanger comprising a frame provided with side bars and endbars, one of said end bars having' means to attach a skirt-waistbandthereto, and the other end bar constituting a folding bar over which theskirt is folded, a pivoted clamping-bar cooperating with the foldingIbar to hold the skirt in place, and a suspending-hook projecting fromthe clamping-bar whereby the device is suspended with the folding baruppermost.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing' witnesses.

FREDERIC H. PARKHURS".

W itnesses:

Louis C. SMITH, REID PARKHURST.

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